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The Women of Wal-Mart

By Geri L. Dreiling, AlterNet. Posted September 16, 2004.


A gender discrimination lawsuit offers a glimpse inside the nation's largest private employer and its treatment of women. It ain't pretty.

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Geri L. Dreiling is a St. Louis lawyer and freelance writer. She can be reached at geridreiling@sbcglobal.net.

Illustration by Chris Bishop.

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